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Chris LaMont

A driven independent filmmaker and film professor, Chris LaMont battles the cutthroat world of Hollywood to bring his bold, genre-defying visions to life—before his time runs out.

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In short · Producing since 1995, 4 decades active, 12 credits.

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Biography

Chris LaMont is an independent filmmaker who graduated *Magna Cum Laude* from Arizona State University and has aspired to be a filmmaker since fourth grade.

He has worked as a writer, director, and producer on projects including *TV or Not TV*, *The Best Movie Ever Made*, *Writer's Block*, *Film Club*, *14 Days in America*, *Netherbeast Incorporated*, *Screen Wars*, *My Apocalypse*, *The Graves*, *Justice Served*, *Postmarked*, *Rhea*, *The Au Pair Nightmare*, and *Open Source*.

In 2000, he founded the Phoenix Film Festival, the non-profit Phoenix Film Foundation, Phoenix Film Society, IFP - Phoenix, and co-founded the International Horror & Sci-Fi Film Festival, the Arizona Student Film Festival, and The Arizona College Film Festival.

His screenwriting collaborations with Joe Russo include industry award-winning screenplays such as *Road Rage*, *Soul Mates*, *The Red Pill*, and *The Last Will & Testament of Charles Abernathy*. Their screenplay *Au Pair Nightmare* was filmed for a 2020 Lifetime airing, and the action-thriller *Open Source*, starring Bruce Willis, was set for a theatrical release in Fall 2020.

Since 2003, he has taught at ASU in the School of Film, Dance and Theatre, produced hundreds of marketing, educational, and promotional projects, and authored *Great Comedy Films: or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Funny Movies*.

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